The Art of Loading Brush: New Agrarian Writings
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (634 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1619020386 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Wendell Berry’s profound critique of American culture has entered its sixth decade, and in this new gathering he reaches with deep devotion toward a long view of Agrarian philosophy. “The Presence of Nature in the Natural World” is added here as the bookend of this developing New Agrarianism. Filled with insights and new revelations from a mind thorough in its considerations and careful in its presentations, The Art of Loading Brush is a necessary and timely collection.. Andy works alongside his grandson in “The Art of Loading Brush,” one of the most moving and tender stories of the entire Port William cycle. Our communities are as endangered as our landscapes. Berry moves deftly between the real and the imagined. There is, as Berry outlines, still much work to do, and our daily livesin hope and affectionmust triumph over despair.Mr. Berry believes that American cultural problems are nearly always aligned with their agricultural problems, and recent events have shone a terrible spotlight on the divides between our urban and rural citizens. Mr. Four stories from an as-yet-unfinished novel, better described as “an essay in imagination,” extend the Port William story
. In 2010, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by Barack Obama, and in 2016, he was the recipient of the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Book Critics Circle. He is also a fellow of the Academy of Arts and Sciences. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, among others
It is full of wide and flowing thoughts and one thing leads to another in the manner that nature intendedor used to. Such is the feast that feeds them. O. It is a beautiful book. Here, Berry’s place as the ‘grandfather of slow food’ or the ‘prophet of rural living’ is not questioned. More than that, it has become at one stroke an essential book. Something like the river itself on which Wendell Berry lives. Praise for A Small Porch "Berry’s essays, poetry and fiction have fertilized a crop of great solace in my life, and helped to breed a healthy flock of good manners, to boot. There is an overall sense that they possess a deep and qu